When you want to buy a TV you go into a shop, see what you want, and pay the price it is marked up at. If it is £500 it is £500, not £500, plus tax, plus £10 for the box, plus £20 for fuel to get if from the docks to the shop. You don't have to pay an extra £15 if you buy two and want them in your house next to each other. The price is £500, you pay £500.
So why are holidays and flights not priced the same? The price you see is the price you pay? The airlines and holiday companies all advertise pices that are quite simply lies. There are always extras. Some charge extra for your luggage, they charge extra for food on the plane, if you book two seats they charge you extra to guarantee sitting next to each other. They charge tall people extra when what they should be doing is increasing the legroom so everybody can sit in comfort and safety and not just midgets.
They even charge extra for the fuel! That is crap! Surely they should include the price of the fuel in the price of the ticket because without the fuel the ticket is useless anyway because you can't go anywhere? Cab drivers dont charge extra for the fuel, neither do buses or coaches. So how an earth are the airlines allowed to get away with it?
The price advertised for a holiday should be inclusive of everything. The same with flights. The advertised price should be the price you pay.
How much do you think this bird would cost?
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